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Artist book (limited edition)

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 1488 Collections and/or Records:

Sure As Death / Rowe, Willyum., 1986

 Item
Identifier: CC-29803-31182
Scope and Contents

Pages are either blank with a single phrase at the bottom or have a small black, tan & white image and caption centered in the upper half along with a phrase at the bottom of the page. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

Surveils / Maher, Miranda., 1996

 Item
Identifier: CC-34670-36371
Scope and Contents

The author indicated that the "book" is a translucent envelope containing six "certificates" with texts addressing: Surveillance & Knowledge, Surveillance & Purity, Surveillance & Reciprocity, Surveillance & Glamour, and Surveillance & Absurdity. In between the certificates are the SurVeils - masks of onionskin paper with different life-sized images of closed eyes with little eye-holes: To hide your open eyes and aid in "surveilling your surveillors." To reinforce the deception, at the bottom of each veil is rubberstamped "my eyes are closed." Adhesive dots can be attached to the eyes. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Swarms, 2010

 Item — Box 331: [Barcode: 31858072490976]
Identifier: CC-51532-72630
Scope and Contents

The images in this book are letraset collages; the fold-out depicts the "untitled" letraset collage in the collection of the Sackner Archive. The loose sheet is an Beaulieu's explanation as to why he prefers letraset and typing to computer generated art. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2010

Swatchway / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Sackett C., 1998

 Item
Identifier: CC-35419-37154
Scope and Contents

Finlay defines swatchway as a channel across a bank, or among shoals. The pages comprises three rows of colored papercard stock, brown on either side and deep blue in the middle. The pages are cut to progressively longer dimensions to provide the appearance of two banks bordering a channel of water. The book was made by Colin Sackett. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

Synthetic Fabric / Cairns, Phyllis., 1985

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Identifier: CC-16668-17023
Scope and Contents

Images on the pages depict women's crumpled undergarments. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

Tagebuch Eines Nie Gesehenen April / Elytis, Odysseas; Kerg, Theo., 1984

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Identifier: CC-14126-14431
Scope and Contents

Embossed prints based upon the Greek poems of Odysseas Elytis have been placed within folded pages of German translations composed in experimental typography by Kerg. Odysseas Elytis, a greek poet, received the Nobel Prize for literature in 1979. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

Tam Tam: Transuraniche. No.28A/Aug / Luciana Arbizzani., 1981

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Identifier: CC-01229-1260
Scope and Contents

Edited by Adriano Spatola and Giulla Niccolai. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981

Tao Ding Tung / Diacono, Mario., 1975

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Identifier: CC-15383-15707
Scope and Contents

The edition consists of 250 signed and numbered copies and 50 copies that are unsigned and unnumbered. Each page depicts a black and white photograph of one of Diacono's conceptual works. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975

Tao Ding Tung / Diacono, Mario., 1975

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Identifier: CC-29679-31054
Scope and Contents

The edition consists of 250 signed and numbered copies and 50 copies that are unsigned and unnumbered. Each page depicts a black and white photograph of one of Diacono's conceptual works. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975

Teatro Visivo / Ori, Luciano., 1966

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Identifier: CC-37152-38995
Scope and Contents

The illustrations depict visual poetic collages made by Ori early on; many are framed by a drawing of a stage. Luciano Ori was born in Florence in 1928. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966

Techne, Quaderni di: Recycling Papers. No.49/Feb / Eugenio Miccini, editor., 1979

 Item
Identifier: CC-01431-1464
Scope and Contents

Images were taken from overprintings of a trade press. They predate copier and book art with similar content sensability as found in the works by Jurgen Olbrich, Dieter Wagner, and Jiri Kolar. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1979

Technical Error 31 / Smith, Mimi., 1990

 Item
Identifier: CC-02552-2594
Scope and Contents

The book consists of printed drawings of a computer videoscreen with additions of pointillistic acrylic painted error messages typically encountered when running a program. On the opposite page, The artist's facial expressions (as scanned computer images) are depicted on the opposing page as she encounters the message. This copy is a printer's proof that was purchased from Peter Kruty. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990